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The Logic of the Spirit in Human Thought and Experience

The Logic of the Spirit in Human Thought and Experience

The Logic of the Spirit in Human Thought and Experience

The Logic of the Spirit in Human Thought and Experience

Overview

In March 2012 a small consultation convened on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary, where James E. Loder Jr. had served for forty years as the Mary D. Synnott Professor of the Philosophy of Christian Education. Members from the Child Theology Movement had begun to read Loder's work and they wanted to go further. So they invited former students of Loder's to meet with them for conversations about things that really mattered to them and to Loder: human beings (and especially children), the church's witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ, and discerning the work of Spiritus Creator in the postmodern world. The conversations proved rich and rewarding and some would even say they took on a life of their own--serious scholarship set to the music of the Spirit's communion-creating artistry forming new relationships, inspiring new ideas, and sustaining all of it amid much laughter, joy, and hope. These essays, taken from the papers delivered at the consultation, are offered as a means of extending that conversation inspired by Loder's interdisciplinary practical theological science and his discernment of the "logic of the Spirit." They are offered with confidence that the same Spirit continues to work in all persons who hope for the Spirit's redemptive transformation of all creation, beginning with children.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781625646897
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Publication date: 09/18/2014
Pages: 384
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Dana R. Wright is the Director of Christian Formation and Discipleship at the First Presbyterian Church, Everett, Washington.

Keith J. White is the Founder and Chair of the Child Theology Movement.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix

List of Illustrations xii

Foreword John S. McClure xiii

Preface Keith J. White xvii

Acknowledgements xxiii

Introduction: Homo Testans: The Life, Work, and Witness of James E. Loder Jr. Dana R. Wright 1

Part 1 The Child Theology Movement and James E. Loder in Dialogue

1 Child Theology, Loder, and Holistic Child Development Keith J. White 33

2 Forgiving Constitutes the Person Haddon Willmer 58

3 James E. Loder and Paul in Conversation: Discourses of Development and Disruption Elizabeth Waldron Burnett 78

Part 2 James E. Loder and Christian Education Theory and Practice

4 The Transforming Moment and Godly Play Jerome W. Berryman 105

5 Baptizing John Dewey: James Loder's Pedagogy of Presence Theory and Practice Thomas John Hastings 131

6 Pedagogical Implications of Loder's Theory of Transformation Lauren Sempsrott Foster 143

7 Educational Ministry in the Logic of the Spirit: A Loder Legacy? Dana R. Wright 155

Part 3 James E. Loder's Relevance to Psychology, Counseling, and Sociology

8 The Healing of Memory as a Pathway to Transformation: A Case Study Presenting James Loder's Counsel Mark Koonz 205

9 Transformation of the Ego: A Study via Sudhir Kakar and James E. Loder Ajit A. Prasadam 243

10 Walking Alongside Children as They Form Compassion: Loder and Lerner in the Role of Relationships and Experience as Interactive Developmental Process Wendy Hinrichs Sanders 268

Part 4 James E. Loder and the Transformation of Christian Witness

11 A Tactical Child-Like Way of Being Human Together: Implications from James Loder's Thought for Post-Colonial Christian Witness Dana R. Wright 291

Loder Bibliography 333

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"In my opinion, James Loder is one of the most creative theological minds of the last one hundred years. Unfortunately, because his genius was so deep, few have been willing to swim to the depth needed to engage his work. Dana Wright and his contributors have given us, in this book, a kind of vessel that promises exciting voyage into the deep waters of Loder's thought. Every chapter is a treasure for pastors and practical theologians."
—Andrew Root, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN

"This book is a superb expression of the enduring relevance and ramifications of James E. Loder's creative work in practical theology. The editors and writers succeed in making Loder's unique contribution more widely accessible while demonstrating its fruitfulness from international and multidisciplinary perspectives. A timely gift for all those interested in human formation and transformation in light of the 'logic of the Spirit!'"
—Daniel S. Schipani, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, IN

"Read this book because Jesus's admonition that we all need to become like a child has been under-researched and James Loder's multidisciplinary work on theology, science, and spirit has been underutilized. This book remedies both while going beyond Loder's developed thought in some critical aspects, asking questions that will send readers in new directions, not with a map but with a dare to chart new territory."
—Eolene M. Boyd-MacMillan, Integrative Complexity, Scotland

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